Asteroids Quote by Robert Schimmel

Why do they call it an asteroid when it's outside the hemisphere, but call it a haemorrhoid when it's on the outside of your…

— Billy Connolly

Why are hemorrhoids called "hemorrhoids" instead of "assteroids

— George Carlin

There are all these interesting rules about asteroid nomenclature. Once you discover it, you have the right to name it, but there's a catch.

— Carrie Nugent

I think the public perception about asteroids is that they're kind of metaphors for acts of God, the fact that we have no control…

— Carrie Nugent

Back in the day, I've heard, particularly with the near-Earth asteroids, there were some asteroid hunters that knew the names of every one.

— Carrie Nugent

“Asteroids are craggy chunks of rock. Comets are balls of dirt, ice, and frozen gases. And meteors are, quite simply, whatever falls through and…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

Some asteroids have us in their sights. Be nice to sort of go near them and find out what they're made of, possibly tag…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

On the whole, asteroids tend to leave Earth alone. And day to day, there really isn't cause for most people to give them any…

— Carrie Nugent

Naming celestial objects is usually done by astronomers and professionals. Other people who are interested in space never get the opportunity to do that…

— Alan Stern

There are thousands of asteroids whose orbit in the Solar System crosses that of Earth. And we have a little acronym for them -…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

I'm sitting on top of the world, and I've got hemorrhoids.

— Rodney Dangerfield

Asteroids have hit the Earth millions of times. We can see them as shooting stars every night. When they get bigger, things get complicated.…

— Rusty Schweickart